AMessagefromourHeadteacher
As we reach the end of the Summer 1 half term, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our students, staff and families for their continued hard work, commitment and support throughout another busy and successful half term at Wolverhampton Girls’ High School.
This half term has been filled with achievement both inside and outside the classroom Our students have continued to demonstrate resilience, ambition and enthusiasm in all aspects of school life, from academic studies and examinations to sporting events, performances, leadership opportunities and enrichment activities. We are incredibly proud of all that they have accomplished.
To our Year 11 and Year 13 students, we wish you continued success as examinations resume after the break. Your hard work and determination have been commendable, and we are confident that your efforts will be rewarded.
A reminder that Year 11 will be on study leave after half term with the opportunity for extra support from teachers in school with the opt-in revision sessions . Please ensure students sign up.
As we head into the half term holiday, I encourage everyone to take time to rest, recharge and enjoy time with family and friends. We look forward to welcoming students back refreshed and ready for the final half term of the academic year.
Best Wishes Mrs Young
KeyDates
Monday 1 June
School exams for Year 12 commence
Year 11 study leave alongside opt-in revision sessions
Tuesday 2 June
Year 10 Athletics after school
Wednesday 3 June
Year 8 Parents’ Evening, 4.30-8pm (remote)
RecentlyDistributedLetters
Year 7 City Athletics - Letter to Parents
Year 8 City Athletics - Letter to Parents
Lake Garda Hoodie Purchase - Letter to Parents
Y 7-10 & Y12 Letter to Parents - Instrumental Lessons for the Autumn Term (SeptemberDecember 2026)
Y10 Latin Trip - 10th June 2026 - Letter to Parents
Year 10 Classical Civilisation - Roman Baths Visit - Letter to Parents
Y12 Fine Art Sketch Book Purchase - Letter to Parents
Y10 Fine Art Lit - Letter to Parents
Year 10 Geography Fieldwork - Liverpool Docks - Letter to parents
Year 7 Laches Wood MS Form
Deadlines
Friday22May
Y12 Mock Exam Study Leave - Deadline for consent
Tuesday26May
Y9 City Athletics - Permission Due
Wednesday27May
Lake Garda Hoodie Purchase - Deadline to purchase
Monday1June
Y7 Laches Wood Residential - Medical, Dietary, Parent Consent and Agreed Conduct MS formDeadline to be completed
Y10 Celebration Event - Alton Towers - Permission and Payment Due
Y12 Psychology Dudley Zoo Trip - Permission and Payment Due
Application form to start instrumental lessons - Deadline to complete application form
Sixth Form Enrichment - TEFL - Summer 2026 - 2nd Payment Due
Y10 Ashmolean Museum Visit - Permission and Payment Due
Y10 Classical Civilisation - Roman Baths Trip - Permission and Payment Due
Tuesday2June
Y8 City Athletics - Permission Due
SchoolNews
ApplyforInstrumentalMusicLessonsfor AutumnTerm2026
The school has a thriving MusicDepartment with around 250 students receiving instrumental andvocal lessons everyweek.Registration for musiclessons for theAutumnTerm 2026 (September–December) is nowopen.
All students,including those eligible for pupil premium,who are currently receiving lessons this term and wish to continue with musiclessons,will need to re-apply,via the linkbelow: https://forms.office.com/e/P6SDWuyWrJ
Students who wish to start having lessons should applyvia this link: https://forms.office.com/e/jVFudGfEMb
Pupil premium students who wish to start having lessons,please applyhere: https://forms.office.com/e/26MQGyZvs3
The closing date for applications is Monday1 Juneat4.00pm. st
Please remember to re-applybythe closing date,otherwiseyour daughter will not be added onto theAutumn term timetable
TennisandCricketafterschool
There will be noTennis or Cricket on Tuesday30thJune due to a staff meeting.
Staffordshire Cricket Tournament
Congratulations to our U13 and U15 Cricket teams, who recently represented the school at the Staffordshire Cricket Tournament held at Fordhouses Cricket Club. Both teams demonstrated excellent integrity, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the event, representing the school with great pride and class.
For any students interested in developing their cricket further, we have strong links with Wolverhampton Cricket Club, which offers excellent opportunities to get involved locally. For more information, please speak to Miss Canlett.
SchoolNews
Local Netball Opportunities for Students
Parents, please take a look at the local netball opportunities below for your daughter.
Yo! Wolves Netball Aldersley Leisure Village, Wednesdays 6-7pm, 10-16 years
Yendys Netball Club are hosting club trials in June/July for U12 upwards. Please see their website for more details.
Libra Netball Club - please see website for details
Older players (14+) are eligible to play in the Wolverhampton City Netball league. Please visit their Facebook page for further details. They should be able to let you know of any teams who are recruiting players. The league may vote to allow players from age 13+ to play from September 2026 (tbc).
School Games Gold
We are delighted to announce that WGHS has achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2025/26 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust, to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
We are extremely proud of our students for their dedication to all aspects of school sport. A special thank you to our fantastic PE department and staff volunteers who work tirelessly to support our students’ sporting ambitions
Students of the Half Term
Summer Term 1
Student
Nominated for
Akira D - Year 12 Business Studies
Niharika G - Year 12 Computing
Adelaide S - Year 8 Drama
Millie M - Year 12 Economics
Lucy P - Year 7 French
Serena M - Year 10 German
Georgia L - Year 7 Maths
Qiqi S - Year 12 Music
Iris T - Year 8 Physical Education
Tanveer K - Year 7 Physics
Amber F - Year 10 RS
Emily-Jane H - Year 12 Russian
Wanda F - Year 8 Spanish
Nabila S - Year 11 Trilogy Science
StudentSuccess
WomeninScienceFestival successforNiharika
Ahuge congratulations toYear 12 student Niharika (Paget House) for her recent success at theWomen in Science Festival.
During the Easter Break,Niharika went on a residential to the Universityof Cambridge for the Robinson CollegeWomen in Science Programme. As a part of the residential,she tookpart in an academicposter competition,where her poster on fibreoptics placed Runner-Up and was Highly Commended bya panel of PhD students.
Afantasticachievement and what a wonderful experience-well done Niharika!
MentalHealthAwareness Week11thMay
To support Mental HealthAwareness weekwe have delivered sessions focused on building resilience,using Kooth resources.
During tutor time students explored the importance of self belief and developing a positive mind set.The sessions covered howto build resilience and the importance of self care in supporting mental health. Theywere shown howto set up a KOOTH account and access support through the KOOTH website: https://www.kooth.com/
KOOTH are available Mon-Fri 12 until 10pm and Sat/Sun 6-10pm.
TheBookNook
April showers do indeed bring May flowers, it would seem - and that apparently goes for our books as well! After a bit of a slower start after coming back from our Easter break in April, our books have been flying off the shelves already this month. Can we keep this pace going, I wonder...
Here are the overall results for May so far:
As of 20th May, we ' ve had 122 books taken out of the Library.
Our most popular book has been The Girl Who Couldn't Lie by Radhika Sanghani.
My Star Library Borrower for the second part of May is Sheza in Paget House! ⭐
As for our eLibrary:
We've had 81 loans so far in May. Can we beat April's record of 102?!
Our most popular eBook has been Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter - our most popular for the entire month of May!
My Star eLibrary Borrower for the second part of May is Jasmeen in Stafford House!⭐
As always, if you or your child has any questions, you can email me at growe@wghs.org.uk or come and visit me in the library.
Happy reading!
Miss Rowe ��
